Polar bear earrings

These polar bear earrings are made with very fine white crochet cotton and a teensy tiny hook. I got the hook from a garage sale and the cotton from a charity shop so I’m not exactly sure what they are. Here’s a picture of them.

The crochet hook says 3 ½. I’m not sure what that means. Anyway, just use the finest cotton and the smallest hook you can find.

The finished earrings are 2.5 cm long. This pattern is written in American crochet notation.

Head

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: increase in every stitch (12 stitches)

Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches)

Round 4: sc in each stitch (18 stitches)

Round 5: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (12 stitches)

Round 6: decrease around (6 stitches)

Stuff

Body

Round 7: increase in every stitch (12 stitches)

Round 8: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches)

Round 9: sc in the first two stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (24 stitches)

Rounds 10 – 13: sc in each stitch (24 stitches)

Round 14: sc in the first two stitches, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (18 stitches)

Round 15: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (12 stitches)

Stuff

Round 16: decrease until the hole closes.

Legs (make 4)

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Rounds 2 – 4: sc in each stitch (6 stitches)

Ears (make 2)

Attach the cotton at an earlike position, chain 1, 2 sc in the same stitch, slip stitch, fasten off.

Assembly

Sew on the legs. Embroider the eyes, nose and mouth using normal black thread and a sewing needle. Attach the polar bears to the earrings using the same white cotton they are made from.